Window-shade adjuster.



No. 735,157. l PATENTBD AUG. 4, 1903...

0. A. SGHEIF. WINDOW SHADE ADJUSTER.

No. 735,157. PA TENTED AUG. 4, 1903* I c. A. SGHEVIF. WINDOW SHADE VADJUSTBBU:

APPLIOATION I'ILED APR. I QQQ 'NO MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHBET 2.

. UNITED STATES -*atented August 4, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WlNDOW-SHADE ADJUSTER.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent N o. '735,157, dated August 4, 1903.

v Application filed April 7, 1903. Serial No. 151,429. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. SCHEIF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Window-Shade Adjusters, of which improvement the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to certain new and usefulirnprovements in awindow-shade adjuster, which will be hereinafter more fully described in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as applied to the frame of a window, showing the blind partly lowered. V Fig; 2 is a vertical plan view of the fiXtures applied to the left-hand side of the window-frame, showing a side view of the spring-winged hanger. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the fixtures as applied to the righthand side of the window-frame. Fig. 4 is a detail view, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of a modification of my invention. Fig. 6 is an end view of the spring-winged hanger. Fig. 7 is a top view of the same.

In describing myinvention in detail reference is had to the numerals of reference designating like parts.

The nnmeral 1 designates the spring-winged hanger having a sliding portion 6 formed integral with the edge of the hanger and also having the spring-wings 13 to secnrely hold in position the flat spindle 12 of the blindroller.

let is an Opening in the hanger '1, in which to attaeh the end of the cord 18.

2 is the hanger used on the right-hand side of the window-frame, having the sliding portion 6 formed integral with the edge of said hanger and also having an Opening 16 to adnit a screw or nail 15, attached to the revolving end of the blind-roller, and an opening 17, in which to fasten the opposite end of the cord 18.

3 represents the brackets fastened to the top of the window-frame in which are seated the double-grooved sheaves or pnlleys 4, held in place by a nail driven into the windowframe.

5 represents gnide-rods placed on both sides of the window-frame, the upper ends being attached to the brackets 3 at their under side, being held in position by the heads 5', and the lower ends 7 being threaded engage With a screw-cap 8, having a bearing on a fiatheaded screw-eye 9. This screw-eye 9 is preferably made of flat material in order to prevent the head 8' of the screw-cap from slipping through the eye, and thus avoid the use of a washer.

10 is a metal cap or thimble attached to the ends of the wooden stay, commonly used at the lower end of all blinds and having a sliding portion 11,through which passes the guiderod 5.

19 is the fastening device placed on the right of the window-frame near the lower side through which passes the cord 18. i

20 is the shade, and 21 the window-pane.

The main improvement and advantages of this invention over my Patent No. 722,912, issued March 17, 1903, lies in the addition of the rods 5, extending from the brackets 3 to the lower portion of the window-frame, the sliding portion 6, formed integral with the hangers, and the cap or thimble 10, having the sliding portion 11, forned integral with or separate from said cap.

The soreW-caps 8, used in connection with the rods 5, are for the purpose. of tightening and taking up any slack in said rod.

My improvement, as above stated, has an advantage over my previous patent in that it keeps the blind firmer against the windowframe and prevents flapping of the same, the upper and lower portion of the blind being held firmly in position and allowed to slide up and down on' the rods 5 at the will of the operator.

Having th us fully shown and described my invention, what I claim as new', and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-`- F 1. In a window-shade adjuster, the eombination with the frame, the open brackets secured to the upper portion of the frame, the fastening device seeured'to the lower portion of the frame, the vertical guide-rods seoured to the braekets and fastening devices, said rods having their lower ends threaded, screwcaps engaging said thread ed ends and formed with a head to securc the lower ends of said rods in the fastenings, the shades having the eyes fitting on and guided by said rods, the

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shade-roller, the hangers in which the shaderoller bears, the hangers having the sliding portions fitting on the guide-rods, the cords connected to the hangers for adjusting the 5 shade and the guide-rolle's nounted in the open brackets.

2. In a window-Shada adjuster, the Combination of the rods 5, each having the head 5', threaded end 7, sereW-cap 8 and head 8 the hangers 1 and 2, each having the sliding portion 6 formed thereon; the caps 10, each havi ing the siiding portion 11; and the cord 18 passing through the holder 19 and over the pulleys seated in the braekets 3; substantially as descrbed and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES A.

In presence of- E. J. BECHDEL, C. W. MARSHALL.

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